Don't Wait to Hit Saddam

Iraq may be able to detonate a nuclear bomb by 2005.

By

Khidhir Hamza

Updated Dec. 16, 2001 11:59 p.m. ET

With the war against Afghanistan more or less won, the focus is once again on Iraq. During the eight years of the Clinton administration's weak hand in dealing with Saddam Hussein we were led to believe that a catastrophe awaits those who try to unseat him. The real catastrophe, however, would be allowing him to remain in power.

What are the facts about Saddam's military situation--including his weapons of mass destruction that...